The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible
New Testament
Read each verse in English beside its African Kalanga equivalent.
Ephesians 5English
Baefeso 5African Kalanga
- African Kalanga
Ndizo kee ibeni bayedzi be Ndzimu, se bana banodika.
- English2
and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.
African KalangaMutjilile mu ludo, koga sa Khirisiti akatida, kapa butjilo gugwe ku Ndzimu ne kwedu, guli tjipo ne tjibhayilo tje motsha kuunli.
- English3
But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because these are improper for God’s holy people.
African KalangaKoga kuwalilana nhobo kusakalingisana ne kuwalilana kunobhatisa honi ne bugovu, zwisitongowhika zwili mumuli, ngobe azwizofanila bayengemali.
- English4
Nor should there be obscenity, foolish talk or coarse joking, which are out of place, but rather thanksgiving.
African KalangaKusibe ne ndebo dzinobhatisa honi kene zwilebo zwe bulengwe kene kudadilana kunotukana kwe bulengwe, ngobe kose ikoku akuzofanila, koga ngakube ne kutenda.
- English5
For of this you can be sure: No immoral, impure or greedy person–such a man is an idolater–has any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ and of God.
African KalangaMuzibe kuti akuna nhu unowalilana kusakalingisana kene unowalilana kunobhatisa honi kene uno tjiba, unonga nhu unonamata midzimu unowana gobe mu buHe gwa Khirisiti ne gwe Ndzimu.
- English6
Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s wrath comes on those who are disobedient.
African KalangaKusibe ne unomutjebela ne matama asi iwo, ngobe i zwinhu zwakajali zwinothama kuti buhongola gwe Ndzimu gudelukile banhu basingauwhe.
- African Kalanga
Ndizo musihingidzane nabo.
- African Kalanga
Makatongobe muli halima, koga ngwenu mabe tjedza muna He. Tjilani se bana be tjedza,
- African Kalanga
ngobe mbuzilo ye tjedza inowang'wa mu tjimwe ne tjimwe tjakalulwama ne tjina malebeswa kakale
- African Kalanga
mugwisile kuzwidiya zwinhu zwinohanhisa He.
- African Kalanga
Musi yendidzane ne mihingo isina mbuzilo ye hhalima, koga muidusile patjena.
- African Kalanga
Ngobe kobhatisa honi, na iko kuleba zwabanohinga pakasumbikala.
- African Kalanga
Koga tjimwe ne tjimwe tjinodusigwa patjena ne tjedza tjoboneka,
- English14
for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it is said: “Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
African Kalangangobe tjimwe ne tjimwe tjinobvila patjena i tjedza. Ndizo kuyi, “Muka, iwe wakayizela, muka mu bafi, ngobe Khirisiti unowokupenyela.”
- African Kalanga
Ibeni ne njele kuti motjila tjini, kusi se basakatjenjela, koga se bakatjenjela,
- African Kalanga
muhingisa zubuyanana lubaka gumwe ne gumwe, ngobe iyawa mahhuba mabi.
- African Kalanga
Ndizo musibe manaba, koga whisisani kuti kuda kwa He ini.
- African Kalanga
Musilaladzisiwe ne nkumbi we n’hhambi, ngobe ikoku kokwebela ku budakwa. Koga hhalani Meya yakayengemala.
- English19
Speak to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your heart to the Lord,
African KalangaImbani mose Njimbo, imbani njimbo dzinokudza Ndzimu nenge njimbo dze tjimeya. Mbilani He ne mimoyo yenyu yose.
- English20
always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.
African KalangaMuboke misi yose ku Ndzimu Tate nekwe tjimwe ne tjimwe, ne zina la He wedu Jesu Khirisiti.
- African Kalanga
Mube ne kuzwiyisilana pasi pakati kwenyu, ngobe moteta Khirisiti.
- African Kalanga
Bakadzi, muzwiyise pasi kwe balume benyu, se kuna He.
- English23
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
African KalangaNgobe nlume n’holo we nkadzi, sa Khirisiti ali n’holo we gubungano mbili uwe, kakale ndiye Ntjidzi we gubungano.
- English24
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
African KalangaSe gubungano lizwiyisa pasi kuna Khirisiti, ndizo bakadzibo ngaba-zwiyise pasi ku balume babo, mu tjimwe ne tjimwe.
- African Kalanga
Balume, idani bakadzi benyu, sa Khirisiti akada gubungano, kakale kalifila,
- African Kalanga
kuliyengemadza ne kulisuka ne vula nenge dama,
- English27
and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless.
African Kalangakuti alizwiamutjilile mu kunaka kwalo kose, lisina hambgwa lisakawhewhana, kakale lisina tjimwe itoyi, koga lakayengemala lisina nlandu.
- English28
In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.
African KalangaSa ikoko balume bakafanila kuda bakadzi babo se mibili yabo. Iye unoda nkadzi uwe unozwida.
- English29
After all, no one ever hated his own body, but he feeds and cares for it, just as Christ does the church–
African KalangaAkuna wakatongohema mbili uwe, koga unoudlisa kautjengeta, sa Khirisiti ethama ku gubungano,
- African Kalanga
ngobe ti ndungululo dze mbili uwe.
- English31
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
African Kalanga“Nekwa ikoku, nlume unowosiya tate babe na mmeyabe kabhatana ne nkadzi uwe, ngono ibaba babili banowobe mbili nng'ompela.”
- African Kalanga
Oku masazibgwe makulu kwazo, ngono ati ikoku ndokufanisa na Khirisiti ne gubungano.
- English33
However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.
African KalangaNenguba kwakajalo mmwe ne mmwe wenyubo, ngaade nkadzi uwe sekwa anozwida, nkadzi iye wakafanila teta nlume uwe.
Source: The English-Kalanga Bilingual Language Learning Bible, Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo, 2026. This online edition was extracted and reformatted from the PDF edition. Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.